Digging to the roots: populist attitudes and personality traits in Portugal

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Autor(a) principal: Soares,Nuno
Data de Publicação: 2024
Outros Autores: Silva,Patrícia, Moniz,João
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0003-25732024000200207
Resumo: Abstract The study of populism in Portugal has mostly been focused on the supply side, disregarding, to a large extent, the analysis of individual support for populism. This study analyses the relationship between populist attitudes and citizens’ personality traits through the lens of the Big Five Personality Traits model. Our findings underscore the substantial explanatory power of personality traits in understanding not only the prevalence and manifestation of populist attitudes, even when controlling for political efficacy, but also party identification and sociodemographic characteristics. The article concludes that conscientious individuals, especially those who gravitate towards populist parties, are more likely to support stricter regulations, adhere closely to social norms, and align themselves with populist messages out of fear of declining social status and a desire for control to bolster their sense of security.
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title Digging to the roots: populist attitudes and personality traits in Portugal
spellingShingle Digging to the roots: populist attitudes and personality traits in Portugal
Soares,Nuno
Populism
Personality traits
Party identification
Portugal
title_short Digging to the roots: populist attitudes and personality traits in Portugal
title_full Digging to the roots: populist attitudes and personality traits in Portugal
title_fullStr Digging to the roots: populist attitudes and personality traits in Portugal
title_full_unstemmed Digging to the roots: populist attitudes and personality traits in Portugal
title_sort Digging to the roots: populist attitudes and personality traits in Portugal
author Soares,Nuno
author_facet Soares,Nuno
Silva,Patrícia
Moniz,João
author_role author
author2 Silva,Patrícia
Moniz,João
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Soares,Nuno
Silva,Patrícia
Moniz,João
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Populism
Personality traits
Party identification
Portugal
topic Populism
Personality traits
Party identification
Portugal
description Abstract The study of populism in Portugal has mostly been focused on the supply side, disregarding, to a large extent, the analysis of individual support for populism. This study analyses the relationship between populist attitudes and citizens’ personality traits through the lens of the Big Five Personality Traits model. Our findings underscore the substantial explanatory power of personality traits in understanding not only the prevalence and manifestation of populist attitudes, even when controlling for political efficacy, but also party identification and sociodemographic characteristics. The article concludes that conscientious individuals, especially those who gravitate towards populist parties, are more likely to support stricter regulations, adhere closely to social norms, and align themselves with populist messages out of fear of declining social status and a desire for control to bolster their sense of security.
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